Joan Wasser

In The Perks of Being Wallflower and Catcher in the Rye, both of the protagonists seem to be has anger management problems in other words ‘passive aggressive’ which can be seen from many different points. Passive aggressive people tend to hide their anger and feelings from others only to take it out on something else. In Charlie’s case, Sam “really did look sad, and [he] wished [he] could have made her feel better, but sometimes, [...] you just can't.” (Chbosky 123). He grieves with Sam’s…

Circle Justice vs. US Criminal Justice System By: Kayla Have you ever read the book Touching Spirit Bear? Touching Spirit Bear is a novel about a troubled, teenage boy named Cole Mathews, who almost gets sent to jail, but many people help him in Circle Justice where he is banished to an Alaskan island for a year. After the year is over, Cole has changed and regrets his past decisions. He helps heal his school from suicide and bullies to help those around him. Circle Justice is a Native…

Growing up is one of the uttermost challenging stepping stones in any teenager’s life. To grow up, or to become more towards adulthood; to be compelled to become mentally and physically mature. In the book “ The Catcher in the Rye” Holden goes through various developments of growing up. Being the uttermost important theme of the book would be growing into the best person you can be. For example, Holden Caulfield grows in incomparable ways, we discover new effects about him, and how he has…

“The Hatchet” Hatchet, a great book by Gary Paulsen , was the was the book i read over the summer. It was slow moving in developing characters in the beginning, but became a faster pace later on. Hatchet is a story about a boy named Brian who has to overcome stressful obstacles including his parents' divorce and being on a plane while it crashes into the deep forests of Canada. Will Brian, a kid from the city survive by himself in the wilderness? In the beginning the book takes place…

“You see, the what ifs are as boundless as the stars.” (p.1) Maggot Moon starts off with a mysterious phrase, leaving the readers in question. Sally Gardner, the author, has written and illustrated many books even with dyslexia. Maggot Moon is a novel that reflects back to the past. It has simple words and short chapters which makes it easier to comprehend, despite the fact that it is not in chronological order. The book is written in first person, which gives the reader a stronger perspective…

There are over seven billion people that are currently living on this planet, and out of those seven billion people about one billion are children that are living in poverty. Two of these one billion children happened to be named the same and live in the same neighborhood. Wes Moore was the name that belonged to both of these two children. Although they grew up in the same neighborhood for most of their childhood, they would grow up to live completely different lives. This is due to the…

Holden uses the word phony throughout the book. According to Holden, a phony is anybody who is acting to be someone who they are not, insincere, or “fake”. In the book he named everybody phonies except for his sister Phoebe, his deceased brother Allie, and himself. Holden is very unreliable as he says in the book as he refers to himself as being an amazing liar. I think that Holden is the phoniest person in the book. Holden Caulfield has a lot of jealousy inside him. When he was talking about…

In the book, Catcher in the Rye, Holden Caulfield is presumed to be an outcast because of his abnormal behavior according to the standards that society has set for him. However unlike him, Chris McCandless from the movie, Into the Wild film, was the definition of normal, but only till his graduation from Emory University as a top student and athlete. After graduation, Chris McCandless gave up his mortal possessions to charity, ridding himself of the constraints that life has brought him,…

In the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, Jem Finch has to deal with being the eldest child and the first one to grow up and be mature. This situation puts him in a strange position as he is seen acting as strange and betraying by the people around him, especially his younger sibling Scout and his friend Dill. In chapter fourteen, this struggle is brought to surface after Dill is found under Scout’s bed because he ran away from his uninterested parents. In this scene, Jem has to stand up and start…

Spencer Seton Ms. Maggert English Honors 3 01 November 2016 The Transition In J.D. Salinger’s Catcher in the Rye we follow a young teen Holden Caulfield. We follow him throughout the emotion filled process of leaving childhood and entering adulthood. Holden grew up in a time where you were either a kid or an adult, the 1950’s. There was no teenage growing period for young adults and Holden suffered greatly due to this. Holden is an immature coward who constantly lies to himself and everyone…